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Broad club cuttlefish
Scientific name : Sepia latimanus
Large cuttlefish, common on reef environments. Highly variable colour pattern, often with scattered white and brown small spots. Grossa seppia, comune sul reef. Eye with yellow edge. The 2 long hunting tentacles have a large terminal expansion. Capable of extremely quick colour changes. Body 50 cm. Active during the day, it hunts crustaceans.
It is difficult to identify Sepia species, mostly due to the variable colour. Young specimens distinguished from the other large Sepia (like Sepia aculeata) by the shape of the long tentacles, usually hidden. Practically it is the more common large cuttlefish on reef environments.
Associated organisms
Eggs are laid amongst branching hard corals.
Habitat:
Back reef, Reef flat, Reef front
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Lembeh strait 
Id: 1
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Manado
Id: 2
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Manado
Id: 3
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Manado
Id: 4
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Sepia latimanus in a typical color phase of young animals
Place: Indonesia, Manado
Id: 5
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Manado
Id: 6
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Komodo
Id: 7
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Komodo
Id: 8
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Sepia latimanus
Place: Indonesia, Lembeh strait
Id: 9
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Sepia latimanus laying eggs among hard corals branches
Place: Indonesia, Sangalaki
Id: 10
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Sepia latimanus laying eggs among hard corals branches
Place: Indonesia, Sangalaki
Id: 11
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Sepia latimanus laying eggs among hard corals branches
Place: Indonesia, Sangalaki
Id: 12
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Sepia latimanus laying eggs among hard corals branches
Place: Indonesia, Sangalaki
Id: 13
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Sepia latimanus - detail of the eye
Place: Indonesia, Manado
Id: 14
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